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The Irishman Slang Explained: Your Guide to the Vig, Candy, Going to School, and Painting Houses

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Tim Molloy

What It Is

This might sound like question from a Blaxploitation movie written by white people. But in Irishman-speak, “That’s what it is,” essentially means, “This is the state of things, and that’s that” or “This is how it must be,” or, as Mandalorians would say, “This is the way.”

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